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CARL TIIEODOR AUGUST HERMANN \VIEDLING, OF N EIV YORK, N. Y., AS- SIGNORTO JOHN S. OONNELLY, OF PLAINFIELD, NEWV JERSEY, AND THOMAS E. OONNELLY,OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 398,108, datedFebruary 19, 1889. Application filed December 22, 1887. Serial No.258,755. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CARL THEODOR AU- GUSTHERMANN WIEDLING, of the city of New York, in the county of New York andState 5 of New York, have in vented a new and useful Improvement inGas-Motors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, rcferen ce being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part IO of this specification, in which Figure 1 is avertical central section through the engine on the line it a: of Fig. 2.Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a vertical central section on the line y y of Fig.1, the section plane being transverse to the section plane of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the mechanism for actuating thegas-inlet valve and the governor by which the admission of gas to theexplosion-chamber is regulated in conformity with the speed of theengine. Fig. 1, Sheet 3, is a plan view of the engine. The figures onSheet 4 illustrate in detail the construction of the gas and air inletvalves, the igniting device, and that part of my engine which I call thestarting-chamber, Fig. 5 being a plan view of the top of thehigh-pressure-cylinder head, the starting-chamber, however, beingomitted for clearness of illustration. Fig. 6 is a vertical centralcross-section 011 the line .2 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side view of theparts shown in Figs. and 6, and Fig. 8 is a front view thereof. Fig. 9,Sheet 5, is an enlarged horizontal cross-section on the line .2" .2 ofFig. 6. Fig. 10 is a bottom plan view of the parts shown in Fig. G.

Like symbols of reference indicate like parts in each. v

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction ofgas-engines and to render 4o them more eflicient by utilizing as far aspossible all the energy of the exploding gases directly in thegeneration of effective power.

Referring now to Figs. 1, 2, and at of the drawings, the enginecomprises two cylinders,

diameter than the other, and is called by me the lllglbpl-ess 77 whilethe other cylinder, 3, which is of larger diameter and is suitablyconnected with the cylinder 2, I call the low-pressure or see- 2 and 3,one of which, 2, is preferably of less primary cylinder,

ondary cylinder. These cylinders are suitably supported by the frame ofthe machine,

preferably with their axial lines at right angles to each other, and areprovided with pistons at and 5, whose connecting-rods 6 and 7 areconnected to the same crank, S, on the flywheel shaft 0 of the engine.

In order to give ease of motion to the pisk tons and to take up the sidepressure of the connecting-rods, I provide the pistons withfriction-rollers, which work against the inside of the cylinder. Theroller 10 of the piston 4 is of nearly the same diameter as the insideof the cylinder, and is journaled on the pin 12, to which theconnecting-rod is attached. I show the other piston, 5, provided withtwo small friction-rollers, 11, arranged on its pe-' riphery, suitablyjonrnaled on axes transverse to the line of motion of the piston, andall bearing against the cylinder. The arrange- 7o ment of these rollersis not a necessary feature of my invention, since I desire to cover,broadly, the use of one or more arranged in any suitable way. Hence therollers of the piston 4 may be arranged like those of the piston 5, andvice versa. In the arrangement which I have shown, however, the rollersare so set that they shall be in the same plane with the line ofside-thrust produced by the connecting-rod, the obj cot being that theymay directly take up this thrust. At the inner or closed end of thecylinder 2 is the air and gas inlet, controlled by suitable valves,hereinafter described.- The outer end of the cylinder is closed and atan intermediate point is a surrounding annular chamber, 13, connectedwith the inside of the cylinder by suitable ports, 14, which extenddirectly through the cylimler-wall, and also connected by means of apipe or channel, 15, with the inner or closed end of the secondarycylinder, 3. Immediately below the chamber 13 is a similar chamber, 16,connected with the inside of the cylinder by ports 17. These are theexhaustports, and the chamber 16, communicating 5 with the open air,forms the channel through which the exhaust or burned gas finds its exitfrom the cylinder. .The ports 14 and 17 are controlled directly by thepiston 4 and by a valve which is below the piston, and which is I00constituted by downwardly-proj ecting extensions of the piston-walls,forming a double slide-valve, 18, which serves to connect the ports 1iand 17, in the manner to be hereinafter explained.

I shall now give a general description of the operation of the partswhich I have described.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the piston i is at the end of its outstrokeand the secondary piston 5 is about at the middle of its outstroke, andin the continued motion of the parts the piston 5 will therefore beabout one-half of a stroke (equivalent to one quarter-revolution of theflywheel) back of the other piston, 4:. \Vhen the parts are in theposition shown in these figures, the tension of the gases in theconnected cylinders 2 and 3 is about that of the atmosphere, and thefurther outward motion of the piston 5 in the secondary cylinder,creating a partial vacuum in both cylinders, will draw a charge ofmingled air and gas through the air and inlet valves at the upper end ofthe cylinder 2, which for this purpose are opened at that time bysuitable mechanism. This indraft of the explosive charge is cut off byclosing of the gas and air inlet valves, and the moment after this thepiston 4, having risen above the level of the ports 1i, cuts offcommunication between the two cylinders; but as the lower edge of thepiston moves past the lower edge of the ports 1% it opens communicationbetween these ports and the air, and .therefore during the last part ofthe outstroke of the piston 5 (say about one-eighth of the stroke) itdraws cold air into the pipe 15. hen the piston 5 begins its instroke,the valve 18 has connected the ports II with the exhaust-ports 17, sothat during the instroke the gases in the cylinder 3 and channel 1.5 areexpelled by the piston 5 and escape through the exhaust 16. Meanwhilethe piston 4 has risen in the primary cylinder 2, and until the end ofits instroke compresses the explosive gaseous charge which was drawn induring the outstroke of the secondary piston 5, and when the piston 4:has thus reached the limit of its instroke (the piston 5 being then atthe middle of its instroke) the charge in the cylinder 2 is ignited bymeans of an igniting device at the upper end thereof, and by its impulsepropels the piston 4 downward, exerting its energy on this piston aloneuntil the piston, having passed the upper end of the ports 14, openscommunication between the cylinders 2 and 3, and allows the expandinggas to rush through the channel 15 and to exert its energy also on thepiston 5, which the moment before had begun its outstroke and had drawnin a small supply of air, thus giving a second impulse to the crankshaft8, which it continues to impel until the gas has expended its expansiveforce and has been reduced to atmospheric pressure, when the parts willbe again at about the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Then for theremainder of the outstroke of the secondary piston it draws a freshexplosive charge into the primary cylinder and a supply of fresh air into the channel 15, and during its instroke expels the burned gas throughthe exhaust-port, while the piston 4 011 its instroke is compressing thecharge, as before described. Thus the operations of the engine arecontinued indefinitely in the same order-viz., the creation of a suctionin the secondary cylinder which draws in the explosive charge, thecompression of the charge and indraft of air into the channel 15, theexhaust of the previously-burned charge, the explosion and impulse onthe piston 4, the second short indraft of cold air into the channel 15,the secondary action of the expanded gas on the piston 5, and so on. Ihave already noted that at the end of its out-stroke the secondarypiston 5 draws a small supply of fresh air into the pipe 15, and so atthe beginning of its outstroke, the ports let being then alsomomentarily open to the outer air, a like supply is drawn in, so thattheburncd gasesin the secondary cylinder are interposed between twolayers of cold air. This is a point of material advantage, because itcools the cylinder and prevents the evil effects of heating on the partsof the engine, and especially because it condenses the lubricating-oil,which otherwise would be volatilized and carried off with the exhaust,thus not only saving the oil,but preventing to a large degree thatdisagreeable smell which has been so characteristic of gasengines.

It will be noticed that I have illustrated the connection of thesecondary cylinder with the outer air durin these short indrafts asbeing with the open end of the primary cylinder below the piston of thelatter. The consequence of this construction is that any gas leakingfrom the primary cylinder is drawn by suction into the secondarycylinder and is forced out therefrom by the exhaust; and in this way Iprevent, to a large degree, the emission of offensive gases from theengine.

An important feature of my invention which I may here notice is the factthat the burned gas is not exhausted from the engine until, by reason ofits expansion in the secondary cylinder 3, it has been reduced to atmospheric pressure, and the engine is thus rendered as nearly noiselessin its action as possible.

I will now describe the construction and operation of the gas and airinlet ports and valves, referring especially to the figures on thefourth sheet of the drawings.

In the head of the primary cylinder 2 is an air-inlet channel, 19,communicating with the open air, and connected with the interior of thecylinder by a port which is closed by a lift disk-valve, 20, the stem 21of which is hollow and extends up through the cylinderhead, above whichit'is connected with the forked end of a lever, 22, whereby it is givenits necessary vertical motion. This hollow stem 21 constitutes theinlet-channel. for the gas, and is connected with the gas-supply pipe 23by orifices made in the stem at a place where the stem passes throughthe chamber into which the gas-pipe opens. The gas-channel constitutedby this hollow valvestem is controlled by a valve, 24, bearing againstthe lower end of the hollow stem, and having a stem, 25, which extendsup through and above the top of the hollow stem, where it is upheld bymeans of an encircling spring, 26. At its lower end the valve-stem 21and valve are so formed as to afiord a projecting annulus, beneath whicha second annulus or disk, 27, is fixed to it, but is separatedtherefrom, so as to leave a small space between them. This annularopening thus formed is the gas-jet, and is of material benefit ininsuring the intimate commixture of the air and gas. The lever 22, bywhich the valve-stem 21 is moved, is pivoted on an axis, 28, and has asecond arm, 29,which is pivotally connected at the end with a verticalconnecting-rod, 30, which at its lower end is connected with a lever,31, pivoted at a point, 32, and having at its free end afriction-roller, 33, which rests on the periphery of a cam-disk, 34, onthe fly-wheel shaft. At a certain predetermined pointin the revolutionof the fly-wheel shaft the cut-away portion of the cam 34 comes oppositeto the frictionroller 33, and by thus removing the support of the lever31 suffers a spring, 35, drawing on the lever 22, to move this lever soas to depress the hollow valve-stem 21 and to unseat the air-valve 20,so as to permit suction of air into the cylinder 2. In order to operatethe gas-valve, I provide a lever, 36, which is loosely fulcrumed to apost, 37, and is connected with the hollow stem 21 by a rod, 38. Thefree end of this lever is directly above the upper projecting end of thegas-valve stem so that when the air-valve stem 21 moves downward itwill, after a portion of its motion, draw down the lever 36 on thegasvalve stem, so as to unseat this valve. The entering gas then isdrawn in an annular jet into the cylinder, and by reason of this form ofthe jet it is very intimately commingled with the air, which enters in acircular sheet around the gas-jet. The same eifect is produced by makingthe gas-jet consist of a series of radial jet-holes instead of a singleopening produced by separation of the disks.

The gas-inlet valve may be caused to be open during any fractional partof the period of opening of the air-valve, and the proper relativeproportion of gas and air secured in the charge by an adjustment of thepost 37, which is movably mounted on a rib, 39, and can be adj ustablyfixed thereon nearer to or more remote from the valve-stems by asetscrew, 40.

In order to regulate the gas and air valves so as to secure uniformityin speed of the engine, (see Figs. 2, 3, and 4,) I provide on thefly-wheel shaft, beside the disk-cam 34, a loosely-mounted disk, 41,which is movable thereon to and from the cam, and is connected by arms42 with the ends of two bell-crank levers, 43, which are fnlcrumed toposts 44, projecting from the fiy-wheel, and have at their free endsweighted balls 45. lVhen the speed of the fiy-wheel exceeds a certainlimit, the balls 45 are thrown out by centrifugal force, and through thelevers 43 move the disk 41 up to the cam 34 and under thefriction-roller 33. This in a manner covers the eccentricity of the camand keeps the roller 33 from entering the cut-away portion of the cam,thus preventing operation of the gas and air valves, so that until thedisk 41 is with drawn by slackening the speedof the engine the supply ofgas and air to the cylinder is stopped. The disk is thus withdrawn bythe retractive action of the spring 46 or otherwise. \Vhen the as justdescribed, it is obvious that the outstroke of the secondary piston 5would produce a partial-vacuum in the cy1inders,which, not beingsatisfied by the usual admission of gas and air, would act to wasteeffective e11- ergy by retarding the motion of the engine. To preventthis, I provide the cylinder 3 with an inwardly-opening suction-valve,47, which controls an air-port, 48, so that when the partial vacuumbefore mentioned is caused by the piston 5 the valve 47 shall open andshall admit a supply of air to the cylinder. This suction-valve alsoopens momentarily to let in a small quantity of air in each outstroke ofthe piston 4 just as this piston is crossing the ports 14. It isdesirable, however, that the valve should then be closed otherwise thanby the pressure of compressed exploding air or gas admitted to thecylinder 3 on opening the ports 14, because that would necessarily allowthe escape of a small portion of the exhaust-gas under pressure and makean unpleasant noise, which it is the object of my invention in as far aspossible to overcome. I therefore extend the stem 49 of the valve 47outward into a small cylinder, 50, wherein it has fixed to it a piston,51. This cylinderis connected with the cylinder 2 by a by-pass pipe, 52,which enters the small cylinder 50 above the piston 51 and enters thecylinder 2 just above the ports 14, so that in the downstroke of thepiston 4, before it uncovers the ports 14 and admits the expanding gasesinto the secondary cylinder 3, it uncovers the port of the pipe 52, andallows a small quantity of the compressed gasto enter the cylinder 50and to act on the small piston 51, thereby closing the valve 47 withrapidity and certainty before uncoverin g of the ports 14. This featureof operating a suction-valve by means of asmall cylinder and pistonoperated by connection with the power-cylinder of the engine, so that.the valve is either closed solely or partially by the pressure in thespecial cylinder or opened solely or partially by the suction producedby rarefaction of gas in the cylinder acting on the special piston, isone which is capable of use in many different combinagas and air inletis cut off,

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tions in a gas-engine-e. g., in connection with the air and gas inletvalves, &c.and I therefore desire to cover it broadly by thisapplication.

The igniting device which I employ is shown in Figs. 2, l, 5, (5, and10. It consists of adynamo, 53, driven by a belt, 54, from a pulley, 55,on the fiy-wheel shaft, and rotary sparking-disk 56 and terminal 57 inthe cylinder 2, which are electrically connected with the dynamo byconductors 58 and 59. The disk 56 is rotated at the proper moment toproduce a spark by means of a ratchet, (50, and pawl 61, which areoperated by a cam, 64, acting 011 the pawl through levers 62 andconnecting-rod 03. This igniting device is a common one and forms nopart of my invention. It may be substituted by any other suitableignitor operating electrically or by combustion, as may be desired.

I shall now describe the operation of the starting-chamber.

In the operation of gas-engines of this general class it is usual tostart them in action by turning the iiy-wheel a few revolutions by thehand. In large engines this is a work of very considerable difficulty,owing to the resistance offered by the cylinder in the act ofcompression. To obviate this and to make it easy for one man to startthe engine, I connect the explosion-cylinder 2 with a chamber, 65,provided with a suitable hand-valve, 66, whereby it may be cut off fromor caused to communicate with the cylinder, as desired. In starting theengine I first open the valve (36, and by thus throwing the chamber 65into communication with the cylinder it of course increases the capacityof the explosion-chamber, so that the gases on the instroke of thepiston will not be nearly so much compressed, and will therefore notoffer so much resistance. This makes the engine very easy to start, andas it gradually acquires momentum I close the valve 66 and restore theexplosionchamber to its normal capacity. If desired, there may beseveral of these chambers provided, each. having a valve, and by openingthem and then closing them in succession the engine may be started verygradually.

The remaining features of the engine which have to be noted are thecounterbalancing of the crank 9 by means of the counter-weight 07, seton the crank-shaft diametrically opposite to the crank, and a specialconstruction of the fly-wheel itself. There is always a tendency infly-wheels of gas-engines, by reason of their elasticity, to yieldsomewhat to the recoil of the explosion, and thus, by producingunsteadiness of motion, to impair the eiliciency of the engine, makingit noisy and causing it to jar. I prevent this by making the spokes 68of the fly-wheel of approximately triangular form, the base of thetriangle being at the hub and the apex at the rim. This strengthens thefly-wheel near the central part, and by increasing its rigidity preventsthe evils above noted.

.to those skilled in the art.

The advantages of my invention will be apparent to the skilled mechanicfrom the foregoing description.

The engine is very eiiicient andutilizes all the available power byreason of the fact that there are two impulses for each revolution andthat all the expansion of the gas is. employed. So by the use of therollers on the piston the friction from the side-thrust is avoided. Theengine is noiseless and odorless. It is also very simple in itsconstruction by reason of the use of the secondary cylinder to draw inthe charge of air and gas, thus avoiding the necessity of using specialvalves and forcing apparatus. The air and gas mixing devices and theother parts of my improvement are advantageous for the reasons which Ihave already pointed out.

My invention may be very greatly modified in form, and some of the partsmay be rearranged or altered so as to possess some of their presentfunctions and to omit others without departing from the principles of myinvention. For example, the suction feature of the secondary cylindermay be used Without its impelling feature, the two cylinders may be setparallel to each other and connected with different crank-shafts, andother like changes will readily suggest themselves All such I intend tocover by the following claims.

I claim- 1. A gas-engine having a primary cylinder and a secondarycylinder, said cylinders having pistons and being connected, and thepiston of the primary cylinder being driven in advance of the piston ofthe secondary cylinder, whereby the propelling energy of the charge actsfirst 011 the primary cylinder and then through the connecting-channelon the secondary cylinder, the said secondary cylinder being made ofsuch capacity that the outstroke of the secondary piston shall reducethe tension of the exploded gases below that of the charge of theexplosive and air which is supplied to the primary cylinder, therebycreating a suction by which the explosive charge shall be drawn into theprimary cylinder, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a gas-engine, a lift disk-valve controlling an air-inlet port, agas-channel pass-- ing through the disk of the lift-valve, and a seconddisk-valve seated on the disk of the air-valve and controlling thegas-inlet, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In a gas-en gine, an air-inlet valve worked mechanically by action ofthe driven parts of the engine, and a gas-inlet valve, and an adjustablelever which is connected to the airvalve and arr. nged to move thegas-valve when the air-valve is moved, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

4:. gas-engine having a primary cylinder and a secondary cylinder, saidcylinders having pistons and being connected, whereby the propellingenergy of the charge acts first 011 ITO the primary cylinder and thenthrough the connecting-channel on the secondary cylinder, the saidsecondary cylinder being made of such capacity that on the outstroke ofthe piston of the secondary cylinder the exploding gases,which first actexpan sively upon the said piston, shall afterward be reduced thereby toa tension below that of the charge of explosive gas and air which issupplied to the primary cylinder, thereby creating a suction by whichthe explosive charge shall be drawn into the primary cylinder,substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. In a gas-engine having a primary cylinder which is charged by suctionof another cylinder, the combinationof the primary cylinder and asecondary cylinder, said cylinders having pistons and being connected bya channel which is opened during the outstroke of the primary cylinder,the secondary cylinder being of such capacity that on the outstroke ofthe secondar 1 piston the exploded gases, which first act expansivelyupon the said piston, shall afterward be reduced thereby to atensionbelow that of the explosive charge while the said cylinders arein communication, and an exhaust through which the gases are expelled bythe return-stroke of the piston of the secondary cylinder, substantiallyas and for the purposes described.

11. In a gas-engine, the combination, with a primary explosion-cylinderwhich is. charged by suction of another cylinder, and a primarydriving-piston, of a secondary cylinder and its piston, said cylinderscommunicating, and the piston of the primary cylinder in its passageopening and closing said communication, the piston of said primarycylinder be ing set to move in advance of the other piston,substantially as and for the purposes described.

7. In a gas-engine having a primary explosion-cylinder which is chargedby the suction of another cylinder, the combination,with the primarycylinder and its piston, of a secondary cylinder and its piston, a portor channel which affords communication between the cylinders and whichis controlled by the primary piston, an exhaust-port, and a slidingvalve on the piston which connects these ports, substantially as and forthe purposes described.

8. The combination, in a gas-engine, of a primary cylinder and asecondary cylinder communicating therewitl1,so that the exploding gasshall exert its energy on the cylinders in succession, and an opening tothe external air which is opened before the beginning of the entrance ofthe gases to the secondary cylinder, and also at the end of the actionof the gas therein, whereby the burned gas in the secondary cylinder isinterposed between layers of cold air, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

9. The combination, in a gas-engine, of a primary cylinder and asecondary cylinder communicating therewith, so that the explod ing gasshall exert a propelling force on the 10. In a gas-engine, thecombination of the primary and secondary cylinders which are connectedby a passage, an inlet into the primary cylinder for the explosivecharge, and a piston in the primary cylinder which 011 its outstrokeopens communication between the cylinders and maintains the same untilthe gases in the cylinders, having first acted with propulsive force onthe secondary piston, shall have been reduced in tension below that ofthe explosive charge, and which on its backstroke cuts off saidcommunication after the admission of the charge, as aforesaid, andduring the remainder of its back-stroke compresses the charge, saidsecondary cylinder being in free communication with the at mosphereimmediately before the communication between the cylinders isestablished, substantially as and for the purposes described.

11. A gas-engine having a valve operated by suction anda specialcylinder communicating with the engine-cylinder, and having a pistonconnected with the stem of the valve, whereby the valve is shut throughthe press ure in the engine-cylinder, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

12. A gas-engine having a primary cylinder and a secondary cylinderconnected therewith and acting to create a suction in the primarycylinder for the indraft of the charge, and a suction-valve in thesecondary cylinder which is opened when the pressure in the secondarycylinder falls below a certainlimit, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

V 13. A gas-engine having a speed-governor, a primary cylinder providedwith a valve for the admission of the explosive charge, which valve iscontrolled by action of the speedgovernor, and a secondary cylinderwhich charges the primary cylinder with explosive mixture by suctionwhen the said valve is opened, and an automatic inlet-valve in thesecondary cylinder which opens by suction to admit air when theinlet-valve of the explosive charge is not opened, substantially as andfor the purposes described.

11. A gas-engine having a primary highpressure cylinder provided with aninlet for the explosive charge and a secondary lowpressure cylindercommunicating therewith, said cylinders being provided with pistons, thepiston of the latter expanding the partially-spent gases from theprimary cylinder during the first part of its stroke and charging theprimary cylinder by suction during the termination of its stroke,substantially as and for the purposes described. 1

15. In a gas-engine, the combination of a primary exp]osion-cylinder, asecondary cylinder connected therewith by a port, an ex: haustport, anda slide-valve on the piston of the primary cylinder, which in itspassage connects the said ports, said slide-valve being separated fromthe piston by an intervening space which affords access of air to thefirstnamed port before its connection with the ex haust-port by theslide-valve, substantially as and for the purposes described.

16. A gas-engine having a primary cylinder and a secondary cylinderwhich communicate with each other and are provided with pistons, theprimary cylinder being in communication with the secondary cylinderduring the outstroke of the piston 01' the latter and arranged so thatthe exploding gas shall exert a propelling York city, this

